About Allison
Allison Crotwell is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 23 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and major life changes. She uses practical, clear methods so people can try new ways of coping and feel less stuck. Allison writes plans with each person that fit their goals and daily life.
Her work is rooted in a client-centered approach. That means she listens first, then helps people identify strengths and priorities.
Background and approach
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Those tools aim to reduce unhelpful thinking and break cycles that cause pain. Allison also brings techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach specific skills.
Clients learn mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and ways to improve communication. These skills are useful for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy informs her focus on values and committed action.
Mindfulness-based strategies support staying present and noticing patterns without judgment. Allison combines these approaches to create simple, doable steps toward change. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, so she is familiar with a range of care needs and stressors.
Whether someone needs help with grief, career transitions, parenting strain, or impulse control, Allison aims to make therapy straightforward and practical.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Allison commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then testing small changes to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. DBT teaches practical skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to help manage strong emotions and improve relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Allison listens to each person's goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. She adjusts the plan as sessions progress so the work stays relevant and doable for the client's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises that work well on camera. Phone sessions can fit a short break during a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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